Loved the sketch about Tony Blair in this week’s Harry and Paul show (still available on BBC’s iPlayer). Not so much for what it said about Blair himself, which was nothing really, but for what it says about our perception of politicians.
Entries from September 20th, 2008
We Agree
September 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on We Agree · Life
I don’t know who Mike Collis of Worcestershire is, except that heand I agree on something. A while ago I stated an opinion that the Paralympics should be scrapped and the events integrated into the Olympics. Today the Guardian had a letter from Mr. Collis which said:
Airportman
September 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
BAA’s enforced sale of Gatwick is going to make for some interesting and uncertain times in the area. The BBC were carrying a story today about Horsham-based NOGAR campaigning to fight an additional runway, and I’m sure that GACC will be in the news before long. I don’t really have the attention span to say […]
Tags: Aviation·Crawley Council
No Surprises
September 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Life
We shouldn’t be surprised that research shows that people sending text messages while driving are not going to be driving very well. On the other hand, we should be surprised and depressed that this will be news to some people.
Diamond Dogs
September 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Diamond Dogs · Life
I am still finding this story hard to believe: a man had a seizure and his dog called the emergency services on the phone. It sounds like an unlikely fluke but, apparently, the dog is specially trained to do that. To put this remarkable achievement into perspective, even after years of the police getting such […]
Close To The Edge
September 17th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Politics
“So what do you think about Gordon Brown?” is a question that I have been asked by literally… one person. As it happens I don’t hold very strong views on whether he should stay or go, and that is probably not a good thing from his point of view: if he can’t enthuse party members […]
Tags: Labour Party
Anyone Can Play Guitar
September 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Music
Every time I pick up my guitar I prove Radiohead wrong. Some people just don’t have a knack for music at all. Unfortunately far too many of them find enough success in another field that they feel tempted to dabble in music too. There is a long line of actors who think that if a […]
Great Gig In The Sky
September 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Music
Far more upsetting than the piddling matter of a web server being unavailable was the sad news of Richard Wright’s death.  I guess that settles all the speculation about the Floyd ever playing again.
Tags: Obituaries·Pink Floyd
Old Red Eyes Is Back
September 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Old Red Eyes Is Back · Life, Technology
For a change it wasn’t my fault that this site was unavailable for a day or so. Sounds like the hosting company were having a bad time, according to their support blog. Unfortunately my server (ans09) was one of the first to fail and one of the last to come back.
Tags: Internet
Yellow Peril
September 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Yellow Peril · Life
Back moaning about Setanta again. Before watching the Man City/Chelsea game I had left the TV tuned to Setanta for their equivalent to Sky’s ‘Soccer Saturday’ programme. I don’t think I will be doing that again.
